EC303 Applied Electromagnetic Theory

Module 1

ELECTROSTATICS
(Part – 6)
SHYAMA SREEKUMAR
Assistant Professor
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
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3 Electric Potential
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▪ If we wish to move a point charge from point A to B in an electric field
4 Electric Potential (cont…)
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5 Electric Potential (cont…)
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6 Electric Potential (cont…)
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7 Electric Potential (cont…)
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8 Electric Potential (cont…)
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11 2nd Maxwell’s Equation for Electrostatic field
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12 Relation between Electric Field and Potential
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14 Energy Density in Electrostatic Fields
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▪ To determine the energy present in an assembly of charges
– we must determine the amount of work necessary to
assemble them.
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 Example: Point charges -1nC, 4nC and 3nC are located at (0,0,0), (0,0,1) and (1,0,0)
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respectively. Find energy in the system.
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EC303 Applied Electromagnetic Theory

Module 1
ELECTROSTATICS
(Part 7)
SHYAMA SREEKUMAR
Assistant Professor
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
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▪ Boundary Conditions
▪ Dielectric – dielectric boundary
▪ Dielectric – conductor boundary
▪ Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equations
▪ Determination of electric field and potential in different coordinate systems
27 Boundary Conditions for Electric Fields
▪ If the field
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condition that the field must satisfy at the interface separating the
media BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
▪ Different boundaries
▪ Dielectric – Dielectric
▪ Conductor – Dielectric
▪ Conductor – Free Space

Maxwell’s Equations used to

determine Boundary conditions
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29 (a) Dielectric – Dielectric Boundary
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Law of refraction of electric field

at boundary free of charges.
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• Conductor has an abundance of charge i.e., free to move.
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36 (b) Dielectric – Conductor Boundary
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38 Observations about Perfect Conductor
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Electrostatic screening or shielding

▪ If conductor A is kept at zero potential surrounds B.

▪ B is said to be electrically screened by A from other

electric circuits (such as conductor C outside A)

▪ Conductor A acts like a shield

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Please check the document Problems_boundary.pdf for sample solved

problems.
EC303: Applied Electromagnetic Theory

Module 1
Electrostatics (Part 8)

SHYAMA SREEKUMAR
Assistant Professor
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
41 Topics Covered
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▪ Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equations

▪ Determination of electric field and potential in different coordinate systems
42 Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equation
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43 Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equation
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44 Laplace’s Equation in different coordinate systems
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Cartesian

Cylindrical

Spherical

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45 Applications of Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equation
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▪ It can be used to find

▪ Potential at any point in between two surfaces when potential at the
two surfaces are given
▪ Electric field intensity between any two surfaces
▪ Capacitance between any two surfaces
46 General Procedure for solving Poisson’s or Laplace’s Equation
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